There are ones that are better than others.

Do live wallpapers consume more battery. In general dynamic wallpapers drain the battery faster than still wallpapers. Most of todays popular live wallpapers such as muizei live wallpaper consume about 2 4 percent more battery than a static wallpaper. A live wallpaper is a simple program thats playinganimating some stuff on your desktop.

They do consume more battery than a static wallpaper for sure but you cant notice it. The battery consumption has reduced dramatically over the years and if you compare it the popular live wallpaper apps consume about 2 4 more battery than its. The amount of drainage is dependent on the wallpaper itself whether it has many bright colors is graphic intensive and how its programmed cpu and memory usage etc.

Is the battery consumption huge. There may be additional features like touch interaction or time synchronization. Especially not in 2019.